Yuta Watanabe (badminton)

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The native form of this personal name is Watanabe Yūta. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Yuta Watanabe
渡辺 勇大
Watanabe with Hiroyuki Endo
Personal information
CountryJapan
Born (1997-06-13) 13 June 1997 (age 27)
Suginami, Japan
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
HandednessLeft
CoachJeremy Gan
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking4 (MD with Hiroyuki Endo, 5 March 2019)
1 (XD with Arisa Higashino, 8 November 2022)
Current ranking154 (XD with Maya Taguchi, 3 December 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Mixed doubles
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Basel Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2021 Huelva Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tokyo Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Copenhagen Mixed doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019 Nanning Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Thomas Cup
Silver medal – second place 2018 Bangkok Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Aarhus Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Bangkok Men's team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Men's team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Wuhan Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Manila Mixed doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Manila Men's team
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Alor Setar Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Alor Setar Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Lima Boys' doubles
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Taipei Boys' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Taipei Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Bangkok Boys' singles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Bangkok Mixed team
BWF profile

Yuta Watanabe (渡辺 勇大, Watanabe Yūta, born 13 June 1997) is a Japanese badminton player.[1] He is a member of the Nihon Unisys team, and national team A representative.[2] Known for his quick and explosive movements with signature drop shots on court, Watanabe, together with Arisa Higashino, had won 2 consecutive bronze medals in the mixed doubles event at the 2020[3] and 2024 Summer Olympics,[4] as well as being four-time BWF World Championships medalists.

Career

Early years

Watanabe started his career in badminton when he joined the Kodaira junior club in Tokyo in 2005. He had shown his talent in badminton when he won some national event when he was in the elementary school. He made a partnership with Arisa Higashino as his senior in Tomioka Dai-ichi Junior High School in 2012.[2]

Watanabe was selected to join national junior team competed at the 2014 Asian Junior Championships, and helped the team win the mixed team bronze medal.[5] He also settled for another bronze medal in the boys' doubles event partnered with Kenya Mitsuhashi.[6] At the World Junior Championships in Alor Setar, Malaysia, he won the bronze medals in the mixed doubles event with Arisa Higashino and in the mixed team event.[7][8] In June 2014, he made his first appearance in the senior international event at the Japan Open, competed in the mixed doubles with Higashino, but the duo was defeated in the first round. He captured two titles at the 2014 Korea Junior Open in the boys' and mixed doubles event teamed-up with Mitsuhashi and Chiharu Shida respectively.

Watanabe started the 2015 season, by winning the boys' doubles title at the Dutch Junior tournament with Kenya Mitsuhashi, and finished as the semi-finalists in the mixed doubles with Chiharu Shida, and later won the mixed doubles title in German Junior tournament. In July, he competed at the Asian Junior Championships, clinched the bronze medals in the boys' singles and mixed team events.[9][10] He reached his first final in the senior international event at the 2015 Russian Open a BWF Grand Prix tournament, where he and his partner Higashino defeated by Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying.[11] At the Danish Junior Cup, he clinched two titles by winning the boys' singles and doubles events. In November, he won the boys' doubles bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in Lima, Peru.[12]

In 2016, Watanabe won his first senior title at Vietnam International Challenge in the mixed doubles paired-up with Higashino, besides that he became a runner-up in the men's doubles with Mitsuhashi.[13] In 2017, Watanabe started a new partnership with Hiroyuki Endo in the men's doubles. The notional points they both have managed them to compete in the Superseries event; while he and Higashino also have sufficient ranking to entered the Superseries stage. The best achievement during the season is to reach the semi-finals at German Open and Malaysia Masters in the men's doubles,[14] and also semi-finals at the All England Open in the mixed doubles.[15]

2018: Break to top 5 BWF rankings in both mixed and men's doubles; All England Open title

Significant progress occurs in 2018 season. Watanabe with his partner Higashino in the mixed doubles and Endo in the men's doubles are able to break the international doubles stage by reaching third and five place in the BWF rankings. Watanabe and Higashino became the first mixed doubles from Japan to win the All England Open since the tournament was first contested in 1899.[16] En route to the finals, they beating the top three seeds,[17] and then clinched the title after defeating the fifth seeded pair Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong in the rubber game.[16] Both also won the Hong Kong Open after beating Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping in the finals. It was their first win over the world silver medallists in six meetings.[18] Besides that, the duo finished in the semi-finals at the Malaysia, Japan, French, and Fuzhou China Opens;[19][20][21][22] and in the year-end tournament BWF World Tour Finals.[23] Meanwhile, paired with Endo, they won the Korea Open title;[24] and finished as finalists in the Malaysia Open, Thailand Open, and World Tour Finals.[25][26][27] Watanabe also part of the Japanese national team that won the silver medal in the Thomas Cup and the bronze in the Asian Games.[28][29][30]

2019: Asian Champions

In the first half of the 2019 season, Watanabe has collected three titles, two in the men's doubles at the German Open and Asian Championships;[31][32] and also a title in the mixed doubles at the Malaysia Masters.[33] At the Asian Championships, Watanabe and Endo beating the top seeds and current World number 1, Gideon and Sukamuljo with a landslide score of 21–18, 21–3.[32] He reached the finals in the mixed doubles at the All England Open,[34] and the finals in the men's doubles at the New Zealand Open.[35] Together with the National team, he won the silver medal at the Asia Mixed Team Championships and at the Sudirman Cup.[36][37]

In the second half of 2019 season, Watanabe has won a title in the mixed doubles. Together with Higashino, they defended the Hong Kong Open title.[38] Their journey in the remainder of the season does look quite difficult. In four meetings against Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong, they only managed to win once, in the group stage of the World Tour Finals;[39] the rest were losses in the finals of the Thailand Open,[40] as well in the semi-finals of the World Championships, French Open and World Tour Finals.[41][42] The head-to-head record between the pairs stood at 2–8.[43] Meanwhile, with Endo, their best result were finalists in the World Tour Finals, where the duo failed for the sixth time to beat the Indonesian veteran pair Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in their seven meetings.[44][45]

2020: First All England title

In 2020, Watanabe participated in the Badminton Asia Team Championships, where the Japanese men's team finished in the semi-finals.[46] Watanabe then made history for Japan badminton, as he and his partner Endo, becoming the first Japanese men's doubles champions at the All England Open, after beating Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo in the final. It was their sixth straight win over Gideon and Sukamuljo.[47] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous tournaments on the 2020 BWF World Tour were either cancelled or rescheduled for later in the year. He competed in the national events in December, and managed to claim his fourth mixed doubles consecutive title at the Japanese National Championships with Higashino, and third title in the men's doubles with Endo.[48]

2021: Two All England titles, Olympic bronze, and World Championships silver

In March, Watanabe won both the men's and mixed doubles disciplines in the All England Open with Hiroyuki Endo and Arisa Higashino. He was the first player in over 19 years to accomplish such a feat.[49] In July, he competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the men's doubles partnering Endo, and in the mixed doubles with Higashino. Watanabe and Endo's pace was stopped in the quarter-finals to eventual gold medalists Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin, while in the mixed doubles, Watanabe and Higashino clinched a bronze medal after winning the bronze medal game against Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet in straight games.[50][51] Since Endo decided to retire from international tournaments after the Tokyo Olympics, Watanabe has focused on competing in mixed doubles.[52] After the Olympics, Watanabe and Higashino reached five finals, winning the Denmark and French Opens,[53][54] and became a finalist in the Indonesia Open,[55] World Tour Finals,[56] and also at the World Championships.[57]

2022–2023: World #1, fifth All England title, and first Japanese mixed doubles to win the Japan Open

In 2022, Watanebe only won a title, where he and his partner, Higashino, successfully to defend the All England Open in March.[58] Furthermore, he and his partner won the silver medal in the World Championships defeating by Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong in the finals,[59] and a bronze medal in the Asian Championships defeating by Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping in the semi-finals.[60] Another results that they achieved in 2022 were the finalists in the Indonesia and Japan Opens.[61][62] Watanabe and Higashino then reached their career high as world number 1 in the BWF mixed doubles ranking on 8 November 2022.[63]

Watanabe started the 2023 season by competing in the Malaysia Open, where he and his partner, Higashino, finished as the finalists.[64] In the following week, they emerged as a champion in the India Open, after their opponent Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping withdrawn from the final match.[65] In March, they unable to defend their All England Open title, since Watanabe struggling with injury in the second round against Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun.[66] Watanabe helps the national team advanced to the knocked out stage in the Sudirman Cup,[67] where the team finished in the semi-finals.[68] In June, Watanabe and Higashino reached the finals in the Singapore and Indonesia Opens.[69][70] In the next tournaments, they stopped in the quarter-finals of the Canada Open to Taiwanese pairing Lee Jhe-huei and Hsu Ya-ching,[71] and then in the semi-finals of the Korea Open to Chinese rising star Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin.[72] The duo then won the Japan Open, becoming the first ever Japanaese pairing to claimed the Japan Open title since it was first contested in 1982.[73] They clinched the bronze medal in the World Championships defeating by Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung in the semi-finals.[74] He competed in the 2022 Asian Games, won a silver in the mixed doubles and a bronze in the men's team event.[75][76] In the rest of the season, Watanabe and Higashino finished as the semi-finalists in the French Open,[77] Japan Masters,[78] as well in the year-end finals tournament the World Tour Finals.[79]

2024

Watanabe and Higashino opened the 2024 season as a champion in the Malaysia Open.[80] Another result that the duo achieved in the first half of the season were finalists in the All England Open,[81] quarter-finalists in the India Open,[82] French Open,[83] and at the Asian Championships.[84] In two tournaments before the Paris Olympics, they suffered early rounds defeat in the Singapore and Indonesia Opens.[85][86] He then made his second appearance at the Olympics in the 2024 Paris Olympics, winning a bronze medal after defeating Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung in the bronze medal match.[4] Watanabe ended his 13 years partnership with Higashino, after the quarter-finals defeat in the Japan Open.[87] He then made a new partnership with Maya Taguchi, and made a debut in the Denmark Open, where they lost in the first round.[88] They suffered a series of defeats in the early rounds in the first round of the Japan Masters and in the second round of the China Masters.[89][90]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2020 Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan Japan Arisa Higashino Hong Kong Tang Chun Man
Hong Kong Tse Ying Suet 		21–17, 23–21 Bronze [3]
2024 Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France Japan Arisa Higashino South Korea Seo Seung-jae
South Korea Chae Yoo-jung 		21–13, 22–20 Bronze [4]

World Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2019 St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland 		Japan Arisa Higashino China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong 		11–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze [41]
2021 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín,
Huelva, Spain 		Japan Arisa Higashino Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai 		13–21, 14–21 Silver Silver [57]
2022 Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium,
Tokyo, Japan 		Japan Arisa Higashino China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong 		13–21, 16–21 Silver Silver [59]
2023 Royal Arena,
Copenhagen, Denmark 		Japan Arisa Higashino South Korea Seo Seung-jae
South Korea Chae Yoo-jung 		15–21, 13–21 Bronze Bronze [74]

Asian Games

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China Japan Arisa Higashino China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong 		15–21, 14–21 Silver Silver [75]

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2019 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China 		Japan Hiroyuki Endo Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 		21–18, 21–3 Gold Gold [32]

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Muntinlupa Sports Complex,
Metro Manila, Philippines 		Japan Arisa Higashino China Wang Yilyu
China Huang Dongping 		12–21, 22–24 Bronze Bronze [60]

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2015 Centro de Alto Rendimiento de la Videna,
Lima, Peru 		Japan Kenya Mitsuhashi China He Jiting
China Zheng Siwei 		13–21, 16–21 Bronze Bronze [12]

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2014 Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim,
Alor Setar, Malaysia 		Japan Arisa Higashino China Huang Kaixiang
China Chen Qingchen 		19–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze [7]

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2015 CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand China Lin Guipu 10–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze [9]

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2014 Taipei Gymnasium,
Taipei, Taiwan 		Japan Kenya Mitsuhashi China Huang Kaixiang
China Zheng Siwei 		10–21, 8–21 Bronze Bronze [6]

BWF World Tour (15 titles, 15 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[91] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[92]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Malaysia Open Super 750 Japan Hiroyuki Endo Japan Takeshi Kamura
Japan Keigo Sonoda 		8–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [25]
2018 Thailand Open Super 500 Japan Hiroyuki Endo Japan Takeshi Kamura
Japan Keigo Sonoda 		17–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [26]
2018 Korea Open Super 500 Japan Hiroyuki Endo Japan Takuro Hoki
Japan Yugo Kobayashi 		9–21, 21–15, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [24]
2018 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Japan Hiroyuki Endo China Li Junhui
China Liu Yuchen 		15–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [27]
2019 German Open Super 300 Japan Hiroyuki Endo Japan Takeshi Kamura
Japan Keigo Sonoda 		15–21, 21–11, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [31]
2019 New Zealand Open Super 300 Japan Hiroyuki Endo Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan 		22–20, 15–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [35]
2019 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Japan Hiroyuki Endo Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan 		22–24, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [44]
2020 All England Open Super 1000 Japan Hiroyuki Endo Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 		21–18, 12–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [47]
2021 All England Open Super 1000 Japan Hiroyuki Endo Japan Takeshi Kamura
Japan Keigo Sonoda 		21–15, 17–21, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [49]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 All England Open Super 1000 Japan Arisa Higashino China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong 		15–21, 22–20, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [16]
2018 Hong Kong Open Super 500 Japan Arisa Higashino China Wang Yilyu
China Huang Dongping 		21–18, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [18]
2019 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Japan Arisa Higashino Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai 		21–18, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [33]
2019 All England Open Super 1000 Japan Arisa Higashino China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong 		17–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [34]
2019 Thailand Open Super 500 Japan Arisa Higashino China Wang Yilyu
China Huang Dongping 		22–24, 21–23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [40]
2019 Hong Kong Open Super 500 Japan Arisa Higashino China He Jiting
China Du Yue 		22–20, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [38]
2021 All England Open Super 1000 Japan Arisa Higashino Japan Yuki Kaneko
Japan Misaki Matsutomo 		21–14, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [49]
2021 Denmark Open Super 1000 Japan Arisa Higashino Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai 		21–18, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [53]
2021 French Open Super 750 Japan Arisa Higashino Denmark Mathias Christiansen
Denmark Alexandra Bøje 		21–8, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [54]
2021 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Japan Arisa Higashino Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai 		12–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [55]
2021 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Japan Arisa Higashino Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai 		19–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [56]
2022 All England Open Super 1000 Japan Arisa Higashino China Wang Yilyu
China Huang Dongping 		21–19, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [58]
2022 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Japan Arisa Higashino China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong 		14–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [61]
2022 Japan Open Super 750 Japan Arisa Higashino Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai 		21–16, 21–23, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [62]
2023 Malaysia Open Super 1000 Japan Arisa Higashino China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong 		19–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [64]
2023 India Open Super 750 Japan Arisa Higashino China Wang Yilyu
China Huang Dongping 		Walkover 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [65]
2023 Singapore Open Super 750 Japan Arisa Higashino Denmark Mathias Christiansen
Denmark Alexandra Bøje 		14–21, 22–20, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [69]
2023 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Japan Arisa Higashino China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong 		14–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [70]
2023 Japan Open Super 750 Japan Arisa Higashino Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai 		17–21, 21–16, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [73]
2024 Malaysia Open Super 1000 Japan Arisa Higashino South Korea Kim Won-ho
South Korea Jeong Na-eun 		21–18, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [80]
2024 All England Open Super 1000 Japan Arisa Higashino China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong 		16–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [81]

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2015 Russian Open Japan Arisa Higashino Malaysia Chan Peng Soon
Malaysia Goh Liu Ying 		13–21, 21–23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [11]
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2016 Austrian Open Japan Kenya Mitsuhashi England Marcus Ellis
England Chris Langridge 		14–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [93]
2016 Vietnam International Japan Kenya Mitsuhashi Malaysia Ong Yew Sin
Malaysia Teo Ee Yi 		19–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [13]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2016 Vietnam International Japan Arisa Higashino Thailand Tinn Isriyanet
Thailand Pacharapun Chochuwong 		21–16, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [13]
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A DNQ
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team

  • Junior level
Team events 2014 2015 Ref
Asian Junior Championships B B [5][10]
World Junior Championships B 4th [8][94]
  • Senior level
Team events 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Ref
Asia Team Championships NH QF NH A NH A NH [95]
Asia Mixed Team Championships G NH S NH QF [37]
Asian Games NH B NH B NH [29][76]
Thomas Cup NH S NH B B NH [28]
Sudirman Cup B NH S NH S NH B [36][68]

Individual competitions

Junior level

  • Boys' singles
Event 2015 Ref
Asia Junior Championships B [9]
World Junior Championships 2R [96]
  • Boys' doubles
Event 2014 2015 Ref
Asia Junior Championships B 1R [6]
World Junior Championships 1R B [7][12]
  • Mixed doubles
Event 2014 Ref
Asia Junior Championships 3R [97]
World Junior Championships B [7]

Senior level

Men's singles
Tournament Grand Prix Best Ref
2015
Russian Open 1R 1R ('15) [98]
Year-end ranking 1,091 973
Men's doubles
Event 2017 2018 2019 2020 Ref
Asian Championships 2R QF G NH [32]
World Championships 2R 3R 2R NH [99]
Olympic Games NH QF [50]
Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix BWF World Tour Best Ref
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Syed Modi International A 1R A NH 1R ('18) [100]
German Open A SF 1R W NH W ('19) [14][31]
All England Open A 1R SF 2R W W W ('20, '21) [47][49][58]
Korea Open A W 2R NH W ('18) [24]
Korea Masters A QF A NH QF ('16)
Thailand Open A F SF NH F ('18) [26][101]
Indonesia Masters A NH 1R QF A QF ('19) [102]
Indonesia Open A 1R 2R QF NH A QF ('19) [103]
Malaysia Open A 1R F 1R NH F ('18) [25]
Malaysia Masters A SF 2R QF A NH SF ('17) [104]
Singapore Open A 1R A 2R NH 2R ('19)
Japan Open A 2R A 1R QF NH QF ('19)
U.S. Open A 2R A NH 2R ('16) [105]
Denmark Open A 1R QF w/d A QF ('19)
French Open A 2R SF NH A SF ('19) [106]
Hong Kong Open A 2R A 1R SF NH SF ('19) [107]
Australian Open A 2R A 1R NH 2R ('17) [108]
New Zealand Open A F NH F ('19) [35]
China Open A 1R 1R 1R QF NH QF ('19) [109]
China Masters A 2R 2R NH 2R ('18, '19) [110]
Russian Open 2R A NH 2R ('15) [111]
U.S. Grand Prix 1R N/A NH 1R ('15) [112]
Superseries / World Tour Finals DNQ F F DNQ F ('18, '19) [27][44]
Year-end ranking 224 62 27 5 6 5 5 4
Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Best Ref
Mixed doubles
Event 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Ref
Asian Championships 1R 2R QF NH B w/d QF [32][60][84]
Asian Games NH QF NH S NH [75]
World Championships 2R 3R B NH S S B NH [41][57][59][74]
Olympic Games NH B NH B [3][51][4]
Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix BWF World Tour Best Ref
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Malaysia Open A 1R SF 1R NH 1R F W W ('24) [19][64][80]
India Open A 1R A W QF W ('23) [65][82]
Indonesia Masters A NH 1R SF A SF A w/d A SF ('19, '21) [113]
German Open A 1R 2R QF NH 1R 2R A QF ('19)
French Open A SF SF NH W w/d SF QF W ('21) [20][54][77][83]
All England Open A SF W F 2R W W 2R F W ('18, '21, '22) [15][16][34][49][58][66][81]
Thailand Open A 1R F NH SF A F ('19) [40]
Malaysia Masters A 1R W A NH QF A W ('19) [33]
Singapore Open A 1R A 1R NH A F 1R F ('23) [69][85]
Indonesia Open A 2R QF 1R NH F F F 1R F ('21, '22, '23) [55][61][70][86]
Australian Open A 1R A SF NH w/d w/d A SF ('19)
U.S. Open A 2R A NH A 2R ('16)
Canada Open A NH A QF A QF ('23) [71]
Japan Open 1R Q8 2R A SF QF NH F W QF W ('23) [22][62][73][87]
Korea Open A QF QF NH A SF A SF ('23) [72]
Hong Kong Open A 2R A W W NH w/d A W ('18, '19) [18][38]
China Open A QF 1R QF QF NH QF w/d QF ('16, '18, '19, '23)
Denmark Open A 1R 1R w/d W QF 2R 1R W ('21) [53][88]
Hylo Open A w/d A —
Korea Masters A 2R A NH A 2R ('16)
Japan Masters NH SF 1R SF ('23) [78][89]
China Masters A SF A SF SF NH 1R 2R SF ('16, '18, '19) [21][90][114]
Superseries / World Tour Finals DNQ SF SF DNQ F w/d SF DNQ F ('21) [23][42][56][79]
New Zealand Open A QF A NH QF ('16) [115]
Russian Open A F A NH F ('15) [11]
Year-end ranking 421 184 22 29 3 3 5 4 4 2 1 [63]
Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Best Ref

References

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